Costs Differences Across Demographic Groups and Types of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

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• Personal Author:
  Leigh JP ; McCurdy AS ; Miller RT ; Waehrer G
• Description:
  Background: Little is known about cost differences for demographic groups or across occupational injuries and illnesses. Methods: In this incidence study of nationwide data for 1993, an analysis was conducted on fatal and non-fatal injury and illness data recorded in government data sets. Costs data were from workers' compensation records, estimates of lost wages, and jury awards. Results:The youngest (age 17) and oldest (age 65) workers had exceptionally high fatality costs. Whereas men's costs for non-fatal incidents were nearly double those for women, men's costs for fatal injuries were 10 times the costs for women. The highest ranking occupation for combined fatal and non-fatal costs - farming, forestry, and fishing - had costs-per-worker ($5,163) over 18 times the lowest ranking occupation - executives and managers ($279). The occupation of handlers, cleaners, and laborers, ranked highest for non-fatal costs. Gunshot wounds generated especially high fatal costs. Compared to whites, African-Americans had a lower percentage of costs due to carpal tunnel syndrome, circulatory, and digestive diseases. Conclusions: Costs comparisons can be drawn across age, race, gender, and occupational groups as well as categories of injuries and illnesses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Automobiles Construction Industry Demography Epidemiology Forestry Hunting Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Transportation

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Automobile-repair-shops Construction-industry Demographic-characteristics Fishing-industry Injuries Machine-operators Occupational-accidents Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Statistical-analysis Transportation-industry Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032350
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2006 Oct; 49(10):845-853
• Contact Point Address:
  J. Paul Leigh, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, 2103 Stockton Blvd., Suite 2224, UC Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  20000601
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20040531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c28f0fccc3a460964be0fdf0d6bff0f5eff67592de9e656132b73121c80357d6ce8e677fbb97dd58616f3e2d190bde48b07b119a156690d856383b7d4581035a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186365/cdc_186365_DS1.pdf
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